Almost run over by wake board boat

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Havalina said:
It is insane how many people are buying boats right now. I just got back from Mt. Vernon Washington, where I bought a 28 ft pilot. My salesperson said it was his busiest year in over 25 years of selling boats. You can’t even order a glass boat or a Lund from them until next year. I probably will not be able to get my boat until early August, because there are no outboard engines to be found. Then they gave me more for my trade in than I paid for it in 2016. It is going to be a busy summer. Hopefully, it will slow down once school and football starts in the fall.
The bright side is you might have your choice of used boats in a few years.
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I ordered a Thunder Jet last month won't get it until Jan. but only good thing is they don't have any new inventory so they're begging for trade in's to survive.
 
Its no different on smaller lakes either like Quail Creek Res. over in St George. I was there today in a Jon boat fishing way down by the corner of the dam and who would guess that not one but 3 wake boats just HAD to come through that area as if the other 95% of the lake didn't exist. They are clueless and just don't care what their wake does to others.

How about having a flare pistol handy for "run over" situations. I would think a red flare going over the boat low would get someone's attention.
 
PowellBride said:
Almost makes you wonder why insurance companies aren't requiring some sort of boaters education. If they take enough losses they may develop their own mandatory training
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I wouldn't be surprised to see it come in the next couple of years, especially after the increase in sales. Our houseboat policy provider requires an affidavit of at least 10 years experience for proof of qualification. While you could certainly falsify that, I'm sure they would start picking that apart after an incident and then you'd be screwed. I'm curious if anyone on here has similar or more stringent requirements from insurance or others.
 
nzaugg said:
As you noticed, some wake boats have a very high bow rise while surfing. Malibu/Axis are notorious for this. I wish there were a better way for these boat manufacturers to help these owners realize the problem. This year is likely to be really bad for wake boat issues due to the extensive Covid boat purchasing. Definitely keep your eyes open and be defensive. It won't make you feel better to be in the right when you have a prop cutting through you.
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This is not entirely true. It has more to do with weight distribution and speed than the boat. If properly set up, people will not just add ballast to the back but also to the front. Many don't realize that getting the entire boat, not just the back, deeper into the water makes for the best wave. Couple that with the fact that all of the passengers like to be in the back where the action is, and surfing is done below the speed where a boat gets on plane, any boat is going to ride like that in that situation. Our Crownline we used to have I would sometimes have to stand to see over the bow. I will say that our Axis puts out a killer wave and I can stay seated and see over the bow while not being a tall person.
 
Peto said:
Wake boats are the main reason I avoid the lake during the summer.. It never fails that one will ruin a trip every time. 200 miles of lake and they will always surf in our cove..
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My experience has been otherwise and I feel the oblivious are driving all different types of boats. I have had many a large cabin cruiser go by producing a very large wave and I have seen many more boats pulling a tube chopping up a nice cove than I have Wake boats. As for us, if we go past a camp in a smallish area, we always slow down until we are past, especially if they have boats tied to their houseboat.
 
SkibumUT said:
I wouldn't be surprised to see it come in the next couple of years, especially after the increase in sales. Our houseboat policy provider requires an affidavit of at least 10 years experience for proof of qualification. While you could certainly falsify that, I'm sure they would start picking that apart after an incident and then you'd be screwed. I'm curious if anyone on here has similar or more stringent requirements from insurance or
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PowellBride said:
Almost makes you wonder why insurance companies aren't requiring some sort of boaters education. If they take enough losses they may develop their own mandatory training
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I dunno, I honestly cannot say I feel much safer on the roads. Boils down to keeping all of the idiots alive. The only real solution is to remove all the warning labels off of everything, it thins the idiots from the herd. ;)
 
Most lakes are the same. Here are a few from Lake Havasu.
A few years ago my wife's kayak was hit by a bass boat on Havasu. Luckily she was able to get her boat turned and it was just a tap. The driver was watching the depth sounder. He did stop and was very apologetic.
I went between a ski boat and shore in my fishing kayak to stay away from him. He was trying to line up his skier and not looking at his heading. When he got the skier lined up he hit the throttle without looking. He was headed directly for me and the shore. When he looked forward he made a hard turn and just missed the sheriff's boat. The sheriff had him pulled over and was still yelling at him when I got out of earshot.
I was trying to wave a boat off but got the old 1 finger salute. He went between a zebra buoy and shore. Cost him a lower unit. Maybe he learned something but probably not.
 
JTJ said:
Most lakes are the same. Here are a few from Lake Havasu.
A few years ago my wife's kayak was hit by a bass boat on Havasu. Luckily she was able to get her boat turned and it was just a tap. The driver was watching the depth sounder. He did stop and was very apologetic.
I went between a ski boat and shore in my fishing kayak to stay away from him. He was trying to line up his skier and not looking at his heading. When he got the skier lined up he hit the throttle without looking. He was headed directly for me and the shore. When he looked forward he made a hard turn and just missed the sheriff's boat. The sheriff had him pulled over and was still yelling at him when I got out of earshot.
I was trying to wave a boat off but got the old 1 finger salute. He went between a zebra buoy and shore. Cost him a lower unit. Maybe he learned something but probably not.
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That last one makes me laugh I bet his name is Richard Cranium there's to many of those today sadly.
 
We wake surf, we aren't clueless, our boat rides pretty much flat when we surf, we give a very wide space to people who are fishing and actually shut it down if we come around a corner into a bay and people are fishing or boats are tied up. Maybe it's different on the south end but honestly we don't see a ton of boats on the north end in the middle of july so i know we aren't the problem.
 
thekid26 said:
We wake surf, we aren't clueless, our boat rides pretty much flat when we surf, we give a very wide space to people who are fishing and actually shut it down if we come around a corner into a bay and people are fishing or boats are tied up. Maybe it's different on the south end but honestly we don't see a ton of boats on the north end in the middle of july so i know we aren't the problem.
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Thank you! That has not been my experience with the surf boats. Nice to know that some folks still have manners. The boating world needs more of people like you.
 
Have you ever noticed the slower you go, the bigger your wake is? Sometimes slowing down is worse for your neighbors than flying by.
There’s a big difference between slowing down and wakeless at 150ft.
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Too many folks think just slowing down a bit lessens their wake. Yet many times all they are doing is slowing down to plow more water. It really pays to turn your head and look at what you are leaving behind. If you can see more than a ripple, it's a wake!
 
I may have shared this before. If so I apologize, but I find it relevant to share again.
The wife and I were fishing early one morning north of the Bullfrog north buoy field next to the haystack. The bite was slowing down and the cooler was full of fish, so I decided to pull the anchor.
While on the bow pulling in the anchor line, a large group in a surf boat comes by to show me the brand on the back of the wakeboarder’s trunks. Almost threw me into the water holding the anchor. I would have let go eventually.
After the anchor was up, we pulled along side them and ask if they like watching me fish as much as I hate watching them ski. Then we asked them if they’ve ever taken a coast guard class or knew how far 150ft is from another vessel. They said no and took off.
We decided to troll the shoreline into the back of the bay. Sure enough the same boat comes between me and the shore, which was about 75ft away.
I pulled out the binoculars to get a bow number, and held up the marine mic so they could see me calling the ranger.
That boat vanished from the bay.
The ranger responded an hour later with the obligatory pass through the bay to keep the peace.
So, if I had a flare gun, I would be in prison now for lighting up a boat full of people.
Common sense, and my wife telling me to calm down, prevailed, and the radio/binoculars did the trick.
Remember, a radio is faster than a bad decision, and choose to do the right thing.
 
I thought flare guns and in date flares were required. I have always had them on the power boats. I was actually checked on it by a CGA during an inspection.
 
I thought flare guns and in date flares were required. I have always had them on the power boats. I was actually checked on it by a CGA during an inspection.
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There are the handheld flare types as well. And there is now an electronic flare, basically a floating lantern, that is a legal replacement for the flares.
 
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